Carabus

Of a handsome and commanding figure, slender and pinched in at the waist, the Carabus is the glory of our collections, but only for the sake of his appearance.

The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Carabus nemoralis, European ground beetle, Glendale, New York by Kurt Andreas — A tramp species that recently found its way to my hometown.

Photography Contest: Finalists, Invasive - The Panda's Thumb 2010

Carabus nemoralis, European ground beetle, Glendale, New York by Kurt Andreas — A tramp species that recently found its way to my hometown.

Photography Contest: Finalists, Invasive - The Panda's Thumb 2010

Some 8,500 species of insects are recorded including the beetles Carabus menetriesi, Orthothomicus longicollis, Pytho kolwensis and Boros schneideri (Okolow,1994; Reklamowo & Grzegorczyk,1997).

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus 2009

Several of these species have been listed in the Red Data Book for Russia, in particular the Caucasian ground beetle Carabus caucasicus, Alaus parreyssi, Rhesus serricollis, Rosalia alpina, Apollo butterfly Parnassius Apollo (VU), and P. Mnemosyne.

Western Caucasus, Russian Federation 2008

Of the insect fauna, 27 species are included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, including Forficula vicaria*, Diestrammena unicolor*, Carabus schrenckii*, Pyrocaelia rufa*, Bombus spp*.,

Central Sikhote-Alin, Russian Federation 2008

Approximately 8,500 species of insects have been recorded including the beetles: Carabus menetriesi, Orthothomicus longicollis, Pytho kolwensis, Boros schneideri.

Bialowieza Forest, Poland 2008

Callimedon, the Carabus, a hot partisan and professed enemy of free states, cried out, “And if he should talk so idly, Antipater, will you be so much abused as to believe him and not carry out your own purpose?”

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Blethisa quadricollis, (Americana mî,) Carabus, Horia_, (which for several years occurred in profusion on the sands beyond Mount Auburn,) with others, have entirely disappeared from their former haunts, driven away, or exterminated perhaps, by the changes effected therein.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

We introduce to our readers a large family of ground-beetles (Carabidæ, from Carabus, the name of the typical genus) which prey on those insects largely injurious to crops.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872